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Last refreshed on: 30 October 2023
Main ID:  NCT03048331
Date of registration: 07/02/2017
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil
Public title: Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) and Reconstructive Tetraplegia Hand and Arm Surgery FES
Scientific title: The Effect of Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) in Tetraplegia Reconstructive Surgery of the Upper Limbs - A Pilot Study
Date of first enrolment: March 1, 2017
Target sample size: 30
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03048331
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Switzerland
Contacts
Name:     Ines Bersch, MSc
Address: 
Telephone: +41 41 9394206
Email: ines.bersch@paraplegie.ch
Affiliation: 
Name:     Jan Fridèn, Prof.med.
Address: 
Telephone: +41 41 939 5203
Email: jan.friden@paraplegie.ch
Affiliation: 
Name:     Jan Fridèn, Prof.med.
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Swiss Paraplegic Centre Nottwil, Switzerland
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- traumatic or non-traumatic (> 6 month) spinal cord injury

- Age = 18 years

- Level of lesion C4 - Th1

- American Spinal Cord Injury Association Impairment Scale (AIS) A/B/C/D

- Planned reconstructive hand or arm surgery at the Swiss Paraplegic Centre Nottwil

- Signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients during primary rehabilitation

- Patients' inability to follow the study, e.g. mental-health problems, language
problems, dementia etc.

- Pregnancy (anamnestic)



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Spinal Cord Injury Cervical
Intervention(s)
Device: Functional Electrical Stimulation
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in evoked force [Time Frame: 12 weeks before surgery, 1 day before surgery, 4 weeks post-surgery and 16 weeks post-surgery]
Change in power output [Time Frame: 12 weeks before surgery, 1 day before surgery, 4 weeks post-surgery and 16 weeks post-surgery]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Change in muscle volume [Time Frame: 2 weeks before surgery, 1 day before surgery and 16 weeks post-surgery]
Change in muscle activity [Time Frame: 4 weeks post-surgery and 16 weeks post-surgery]
Change in Canadian Occupational Performance Measurement (COPM) [Time Frame: 2 weeks before surgery, 1 day before surgery and 16 weeks post-surgery]
Change in the treatment effectiveness [Time Frame: 2 weeks before surgery, 1 day before surgery and 16 weeks post-surgery]
Secondary ID(s)
2015-06
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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